Brief Life History of Eliza Jane
When Eliza Jane Carpenter was born on 9 September 1846, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Daily Carpenter, was 47 and her mother, Phebe Baldwin, was 36. She married Jacob Wayne Harris on 16 August 1863, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States in 1860 and Flora Vista, San Juan, New Mexico, United States in 1910. She died on 1 April 1912, in Tyler, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Kanosh Cemetery, Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Eliza J Pierce in household of Nathan Pierce, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Eliza Jane Carpenter - Company record: birth-name: Eliza Jane Carpenter
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1847 · The Great Seal of the State of Iowa is made
The Great Seal of the State of Iowa was created in 1847 and depicts a soldier standing in a wheat field surrounded by symbols including farming, mining, and transportation with the Mississippi River in the background. An eagle overhead bears the state motto.
1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English (southern): occupational name for a worker in wood, Norman French carpentier (from Late Latin carpentarius ‘cartwright’).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Zimmermann , French Charpentier , Italian Carpentieri , or cognates and equivalents in various other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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